**************************************************************************
Born December 29, 1954 in Oberwiesenthal (Germany)

1961-1971   Schools in Neudorf/Erzgebirge and Annaberg-Buchholz
1971-1973   Elite class for Mathematics at the TU Chemnitz
1973             Silver medal at the International Mathematics Olympiad in Moscow
1973-1975   Basic military service
1975-1979   Student of Mathematics at the TU Chemnitz
1979            Diploma in Mathematics
1980-1984   PhD student at the Rostov-on-Don State University (Russia)
1984            Dr. rer. nat. (= Cand. Phys.-Math. Sci. = PhD) from
                    Rostov-on-Don State University
1984-1990   Assistant professor at the TU Chemnitz
1987            Habilitation at the TU Chemnitz
1990-1992   Professor for Analysis at the TU Chemnitz
1992-2020  Full professor for Analysis at the Faculty of Mathematics
                    of the TU Chemnitz
1993           Alfried Krupp Award for Young University Teachers
1997           Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize for the monograph
                     ''Carleson Curves, Muckenhoupt Weights, and Toeplitz Operators''
                    (with Yu.I. Karlovich)
since 2020   Emeritus

Married since 1982, two children